Two news feeds
Lodge news and obedience news each have their own feed on the brethren's home page. The editor handles formatting and images; artificial intelligence can help format, proofread or rewrite.
A news item can also be e-mailed to chosen recipients, each receiving it in his language.
News by degree
When writing, you tick the degrees concerned: Entered Apprentices, Fellow Crafts, Master Masons. A restricted item stays invisible to the other degrees everywhere — home page, search, assistant, digest and e-mail. Officers always see every item.
For what must never be written down, the spoken word remains the only channel: Sodalis does not replace what is passed on by mouth to ear.
Polls
A date poll finds an evening that suits everyone; a choice poll asks a question, with a number of places per option if needed. The brethren vote from their home page; a poll shared by public link also takes answers without an account.
- Anonymous or named voting
- Results hidden until one has voted, if you wish
- Reminders to those who have not answered, by hand or automatically before closing
- “Keep this date” closes the poll and announces the decision
- Results e-mailed at closing, CSV export
The digest
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly, an e-mail digest can gather upcoming meetings, open polls, new papers and news. It goes out in each brother's language, and never when there is nothing to say.